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Controlling Parkinson's Disease With Adaptive Deep Brain Stimulation
Published on: July 16, 2014
Improving the Standard for Deep Brain Stimulation Therapy: Target Structures and Feedback Signals for Adaptive
Franz Hell1, Thomas Köglsperger2, Jan Mehrkens3
1Neurology, Ludwigs-Maximilians-University Munich, Munich, DEU.
Abstract:
Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is an established therapeutic option for the treatment of various neurological disorders and has been used successfully in movement disorders for over 25 years. However, the standard stimulation schemes have not changed substantially. Two major points of interest for the further development of DBS are target-structures and novel adaptive stimulation techniques integrating feedback signals. We describe recent research results on target structures and on neural and behavioural feedback signals for adaptive deep brain stimulation (aDBS), as well as outline future directions.
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